Bacterial proteins were radioactively labeled and fed to phagocytic cells. The proteins within the phagocytic cell became increasingly more radioactive over time. This observation is the result of the activity of

A) mitochondria.
B) chloroplasts.
C) lysosomes.
D) peroxisomes.
E) the Golgi apparatus.


C) lysosomes.

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